Forum All Discussions Featured Discussions 0 774,000 jobs: Buhari backs Festus Keyamo Posted by Abiolapaul on July 14, 2020 at 2:19pm President Muhammadu Buhari has given Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, the go-ahead with the plan to recruit 774, 000 under the Special Public Works Progamme (SPW). Keyamo confirmed the development to The Nation on Wednesday in Abuja. The Minister said he has the instructions of President Buhari to proceed unhindered, thereby ignoring the leadership of the National Assembly which asked the Minister to stop the programme. “I have the instructions of my boss, Mr. President, to…
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ABUJA – THE Senate on Tuesday passed a bill prescribing life jail for persons found guilty of kidnapping. According to the Senate, the life imprisonment is against the provisions of section 364 of the Act, which proffer the punishment of imprisonment for a term of ten years, where the offence of kidnapping is established. The new Bill as passed by the Senate has now approved the deletion of the limitation period for the prosecution of defilement which indicates that anyone who commits rape can be prosecuted, anytime the matter is filed. The bill which was read the third time and…
Without prejudice to others, Otunba Bamidele Benson Oluwaseyi Akingboye (OBA), has finally decided to put his weight behind the Gubernatorial Aspiration of His Excellency, Barrister Agboola Alfred Ajayi, in the fast approaching July 22nd, 2020 People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Primaries. This decision is informed by the disposition of OBA Grassroot Movement after objective analysis and due consultation with supporters, party leaders, stakeholders, friends, family and well meaning Ondo State citizens, home and abroad. This move has come inevitably in a bid to avoid taking chances in our quest to rescuing Ondo State, and birth a New Dawn in the…
Delta State governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa announced on Tuesday that he, his wife and daughter have tested negative for coronavirus Recall that the governor and family were said to have tested positive in late June. The governor tweeted with his handle @IAOkowa, ”My wife, my daughter and I have tested negative for COVID 19, along with other members of the family. We give God all praise and wish to appreciate all who have interceded for us in prayers.” ”I appeal to all residing in Delta to obey all instructions/ regulations in our collective fight to stop the transmission of the…
The Lagos State Government has urged doctors under the umbrella of the Lagos Medical Guild who embarked on a warning strike to return to their duty posts saying their action is insensitive. The medical guild on Monday commenced a warning strike on issues bordering on safety of workers, non-payment of allowances, unceremonious disengagement of doctors, among others. All efforts by PREMIUM TIMES to reach Oluwajimi Sodipo, the chairperson of the guild, to confirm the commencement of the strike, were unsuccessful as calls and text messages were not answered. State reacts But reacting to the strike action, the Lagos State Government expressed disappointment…
The online portal for the recruitment of the third batch of N-Power enrolees has received 4.48 million applications. The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development started the enrolment process on June 26, 2020. Sixteen days after the portal was opened for application, the ministry said it had received over 4 million applications. According to the ministry, only 400,000 applicants will be absorbed into the third batch of its N-Power National Social Investment Scheme (NSIP) at the end of the recruitment. The update on the application was posted by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and…
The private school owners in the country have said some parents of their students, who registered for this year’s school-based West African Senior Secondary School Examination (WASSCE) being conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) as well as that of the National Examinations Council (NECO) have started to approach them for a refund of their children registration fees for both exams. They said the parents were doing this based on the uncertainty that is now surrounding the conduct of the two exams as the federal government has pulled out all the 104 unity school students nationwide from participating in…
1. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin has commended the initiative, organization and resilience of the Nigerian Army (NA) in the ongoing Exercise SAHEL SANITY which is intended to effectively end the insecurity in the North West (NW). 2. He made the commendation during his operational visit and address to troops of Exercise SAHEL SANITY on Monday the 13th of July 2020 at the Army Special Super Camp 4 Faskari Katsina State, where he charged them to flush out bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements in the region. 3. While extolling the leadership, officers and…
Less than 10 days to the primary election of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo state, seven out of eight governorship aspirants of the party have rejected the delegates list for the primary election, alleging that the list has been doctored to favour one of the aspirants in the race for the party’s ticket. They alleged that more than 110 fake names had been injected into the Adhoc delegates’ list of the PDP. The aspirants however appealed to the Appeal Committee of Adhoc delegates congress led by the former governor of Gombe State, Mr Hassan Ibahim Dankwambo, to replace the…
Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of South Africa’s first black president Nelson Mandela has died aged 59, local media reported Monday. She was ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death. “The 59-year-old daughter of former president Nelson Mandela and struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, passed away at a Johannesburg hospital in the early hours of this morning,” said public broadcaster SABC. The cause of her death was not immediately revealed. (AFP)